Birth place

Angwan Yelwa

you wouldn’t know
the beauty behind brown
till you come to my city to see.

it’s how love
and hate can mix to form
a union so formidable yet

fragile. you
can’t stand certain tribesmen
you can’t move so you leave them to be.

this cocoon
that boys do not be-
come men, and small girls become mothers.

Victor Oyedele